Scrawl Definition

skrôl
scrawled, scrawls
verb
scrawled, scrawls
To write, draw, or mark awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly; esp., to write with sprawling, poorly formed letters.
Webster's New World
To write something in a hasty or sloppy manner.
American Heritage

Obsolete form of crawl.

Wiktionary
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Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
scrawls
Sprawling, often illegible handwriting.
Webster's New World
Something scrawled.
Webster's New World
Something, such as a note, written hastily or sloppily.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Scrawl

Noun

Singular:
scrawl
Plural:
scrawls

Origin of Scrawl

  • Perhaps from obsolete scrawl to gesticulate, sprawl from Middle English scrawlen probably blend of sprawlen to sprawl sprawl craulen to crawl crawl1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly Middle English

    From Wiktionary

Scrawl Sentence Examples

  • The familiar scrawl belonged to Mary.

  • I do not know whether you will care to read this scrawl.

  • Please try to resist the temptation to scribble them in illegible scrawl.

  • Written in charming, childlike scrawl, the mousemat delightfully proclaims ' A very nice mousemat for horrible yukky work ' .

  • Featuring an endearing, childlike scrawl and cheeky scribbles, this is a great way to motivate her through the day.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCR

Words Ending With

LWLAWL

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